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Crosshouse
Sign in to saveCrosshouse is a village in East Ayrshire about west of Kilmarnock. It grew around the cross-roads of the main Kilmarnock to Irvine road, once classified as the A71 but now reduced in status to the B7081, with a secondary road (the B751) running from Kilmaurs south to Gatehead and beyond towards Prestwick. The Carmel Water, a tributary of the River Irvine, flows through the centre of the village. It had an estimated population of in .
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- Locality
- Crosshouse
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,850
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Crosshouse
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Ayrshire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Crosshouse Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 2018244.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Crosshouse Parish Church
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Crosshouse is a village in East Ayrshire about west of Kilmarnock. It grew around the cross-roads of the main Kilmarnock to Irvine road, once classified as the A71 but now reduced in status to the B7081, with a secondary road (the B751) running from Kilmaurs south to Gatehead and beyond towards Prestwick. The Carmel Water, a tributary of the River Irvine, flows through the centre of the village. It had an estimated population of in .
Andrew Fisher, who was the fifth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the village and a plaque commemorating him is located at the road junction to Knockentiber.
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